For many years the copper industry has endeavored to create inventory records of copper ore and (semi-finished) copper products. With the help of these data sets, the environmental effects of copper and copper products, such as global warming, acidification, etc. can be investigated. However, water use is not sufficiently accounted for in the data sets, and the life cycle assessment method also does not permit sufficient determination of the effect of water use on the inventory records and impact assessment. So far, the copper industry has not dealt with the water profile of its products, and it is unclear whether water consumption affects environmental problems or not. To find a remedy and collect information for internal and external stakeholders, this project studies the following questions:
In co-operation with: European Copper Institute
Duration: January 2010 - June 2010
Contact
M. Sc. Markus Berger
Room Z 202
Phone +49 (0)30 314-25084
markus.berger(at)tu-berlin.de
Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing. Sabrina Neugebauer
sabrina.neugebauer(at)tu-berlin.de